We tried discouraging these house finches from building here...
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but they were VERY persistent!
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We finally stopped tearing down their nests and put up a wireless camera.
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The hard part was blocking all access for the cats.
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Five eggs
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Five eggs = five chicks
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Feed US!
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Family Portrait
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Whadyalookingat?
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Tiny little wings (10 days old)
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Stretching (17 days old)
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Hey, what's down there?!?
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Crowded House
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Just like that, less than three weeks after hatching... empty nest. Within 24 hours, they all had learned to fly.
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A week later, there was four new eggs and another nest being built.
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We're not sure if the bird in the nest is nest-stealer and the original mother is building a new nest or if one is from the first clutch.
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Nest add-ons.
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There's some hostility, here...
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Co-existing
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